Given the location of the strikes, it’s likely the fighters were launched from their forward location in the Kingdom of Jordan. Satellite imagery has confirmed that the French Air Force deployed its six Mirage 2000 fighters to Prince Hassan AB, Mafraq Governorate.

They’ve been deployed at the airbase, which is located less than 20 miles south of the Syrian border and a little over 100 miles from Iraq, since early 2015. In September, the French air arm initiated its first missions in Syria after launching strikes in Iraq earlier this year.

In January, Islamic State claimed responsibility for the murder of four people in a kosher grocery store in Paris. The French Parliament overwhelmingly approved strikes a week later.

It’s likely further fighters will continue to target Islamic State’s oil income as it’s a crucial revenue stream helping fuel the terrorist group’s operations. However, given how diversified the quasi-corporate state remains, strikes alone will unlikely be enough.